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Big Picture Comparable Cases How Many Dead Non-White Civilians Does It Take for the U.S. to Notice? Putting the Kunduz Massacre i
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A troubling study of US practices in targeted killings.  These figures of both acceptable collateral civilian damage and actual literally dwarf Israeli figures.  RAWA News, September 9, 2009 In the past few years, U.S. officialdom and the mainstream press barely take note of dead Afghans unless the number exceeds thirty. Prof. Marc W. Herold  The magic cut-off is revealed to be about 30-40. Such revealed facts tell far more than mere words. Some years ago, Human Rights Watch’s Marc Garlasco when in the employ of the Defense Intelligence Agency as an air strike targeting decision-maker would have to seek higher level clearance for U.S. air strikes if the estimated Afghan civilian deaths (“collateral damageâ€) exceeded thirty. (1)  In the past few years, U.S. officialdom and the mainstream press barely take note of dead Afghans unless the number exceeds thirty. On the other hand, when a Taliban’s improved explosive device kills innocent bystanders, meters of newsprint spews forth often accompanied with victims’ photos. For the U.S. press, Human Rights Watch, and U.S. citizenry clearly some bodies are worthy of mention whereas others are not. As I wrote some time ago, For the Pentagon and its many media boosters, there are good bodies (civilians killed by “our enemyâ€) and bad bodies (civilians killed by “our†militaries), respectively in the western mainstream labeled accidental collateral damage and (Afghan civilians transformed by the click on a keyboard into) “militants†or “insurgents.†During the Yugoslav conflict, Human Rights Watch highlighted civilians killed by Serbs while neglecting civilians killed by non-Serbs. Today in Afghanistan, the U.S. mainstream media led by the Associated Press describes in detail the civilian victims of “Taliban†suicide attacks often even providing photographs while remaining far more circumspect about the victims of US/NATO air strikes and never printing photographs. (2)  Read more at the article. Â
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